Between 1938 and 1975, Florida assigned each of its 67 counties a number that was based on its population rank in the 1935 census. That number was integral to the state's license plate numbering ...

Tom Spott stands in his West Scranton garage decorated with license plates he collected from around the country. On the wall of Tom Spott's garage in West Scranton hangs a Pennsylvania license plate ...

Attendees pose at a 2024 Harrisburg event celebrating a license plate featuring the state amphibian. Pennsylvania license plates — some standard-issue, some optional — through the years. Collage by ...

It started with a simple offer: Steve Johnston’s mailman said he could find him a 1916 Wyoming license plate for his Model-T of the same year. The hefty, porcelain-coated metal license plate sported ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required regular purges of license plate databases and regularly audited how ...

Editor's note: This story first ran in Eliot Kleinberg's Florida Time column in July 2019. Between 1938 and 1975, Florida assigned each of its 67 counties a number that was based on its population ...

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